Rolf Enger

Rolf Enger (born 10 November 1960) is a Norwegian writer who has lived in Bergen since 1991.

Rolf Enger
Born (1960-11-10) 10 November 1960
Moss, Norway
NationalityNorwegian
OccupationWriter, teacher

He had an acclaimed debut in 1989, with the short story collection Ikke en urmaker i verden (World Without Watchmakers), and success with the novel "Eclipse" in 1994. His collections of short stories have been acclaimed by critics for their masterful craftmanship and deep and humorous portraits of boys and men. He has also worked as a journalist and is currently (2017) working as a teacher in creative writing at the Skrivekunst Academy in Hordaland. Thru many years, he has also written many reviews on books for Bergens Tidende, and has also been an editor for the magazine Kraftverk; and also with Skrivekunst, Eide publisher 1995, alongside Finn Øglænd.

Bibliography
  • Sju franske poeter: Livet er enkelt og greit (7 French poets: Life is nice and easy") (1988)
  • Ikke en urmaker i verden (World Without Watchmakers) (1989)
  • Bronsegutter (The Bronze Boys) (1991)
  • Solformørkelse (Eclipse) (1994)
  • Mekhane", an essay on billiards (1995)
  • Hvis noen skulle være så vemmelige (If someone were to be so nasty") (1997)
  • Tid og ro" (Time and Piece) (2001)
  • 1949:e.Kr. (2005)
  • Bronsegutter (short stories, best of) (The Bronze Boys) (2006)

Nominations
  • Hilmar Orud prisen (1989)
  • Nominert til Amanda-pris for kortfilmen Blå Java (screenplay together with Morten Evelid) (2000)
gollark: Basically, they fire arbitrary items to populated ground locations, and then retroactively edit things such that someone bought them.
gollark: We mostly generate money via probabilistic manipulation and orbital shipment railguns.
gollark: Property existing ≠ random person who is first gets entire thing.
gollark: Instead of the auctions in use now, which at least make some money.
gollark: If you ban anything which interferes with an established network you basically have the same system but with a weird finders-keepers angle.

References

1. http://filmklubb.no/filmer/bla-java

  1. http://www.nettx.no/rolf.enger/
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20061205052012/http://cappelen.no/main/forfatter.aspx?f=7017
  3. http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/kultur/forfattere/795658.html
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20011125110709/http://www.dagbladet.no/kontekst/4561.html
  5. http://www.aftenposten.no/alex/litterat/forfatte/engerrol.htm
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